Please circulate widely!
We're very pleased to announce a fellowship opportunity for colleagues interested in attending this year's
Digital Library Federation Forum and DLF Forum Pre-Conference, which is being co-organized by DLF and the HBCU Library Alliance:
The Forum Pre-Conference (on representation, information careers, and the liberal arts—or digital libraries and library-based teaching as common mission and common ground between liberal arts colleges/programs and HBCUs) will be held on October
22nd in Pittsburgh, PA. It is planned as an informal, highly interactive "unconference.” Our keynote speaker is Loretta Parham of Atlanta University Center's Woodruff Library. The annual DLF Forum will follow the pre-conference, from October 23rd-25th, and
will be keynoted by Afrofuturist writer and community organizer Rasheedah Phillips.
About the Opportunity
DLF and the HBCU Library Alliance are offering a limited number of full travel and registration fellowships, primarily designed to bring practitioners from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to the pre-conference and DLF Forum. These
fellowships will offset or completely cover travel and lodging expenses associated with attending, with a cap of $1200 in costs. Fellows will additionally receive complimentary full registration to the pre-conference (a $50 value) and—if desired—to the DLF
Forum as well (up to a $750 value), along with an invitation to special networking events.
Eligibility Requirements
Priority for travel support will be given to: HBCU Library Alliance-affiliated librarians, faculty, and other employees of HBCUs; library practitioners with HBCU backgrounds or experience who work in liberal arts colleges or serve undergraduates
in other types of institutions; and current HBCU students interested in library and information careers. We also welcome more general applications from people who can articulate a connection to the theme of the pre-conference and are members of groups historically
underrepresented among library, cultural heritage, and information professions.
To Apply
Please submit the following:
= a brief personal statement (under 500 words) explaining your involvement in digital libraries or related fields, indicating your eligibility for this opportunity, and describing why you would like to attend the HBCU/Liberal Arts Colleges Pre-Conference
and DLF Forum.
= a resumé, CV, or full professional profile (preferably linked online; emailed files accepted)
= a short DLF budget form, with estimated costs of travel and lodging not otherwise covered by institutional professional development funds.
HBCU Fellowship applications will be accepted until midnight PST on
August 31, 2017. All other DLF fellowship opportunities are currently closed.
